California, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4210768, place: California borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,597 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (0.89%)
Kindergarten: 48 (1.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 267 (10.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 173 (6.66%)
College or graduate school: 2,086 (80.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,492 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 127 (5.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 339 (13.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 926 (37.16%)
Some college, no degree: 381 (15.29%)
Associate degree: 102 (4.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 289 (11.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 328 (13.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,812 (100%)
Never married: 1,742 (36.2%)
Now married, except separated: 2,288 (47.55%)
Separated: 47 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 382 (7.94%)
Widowed Female: 333 (6.92%)
Total Divorced: 353 (7.34%)
Divorced Female: 227 (4.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (15.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,700 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 368 (7.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (12.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 452 (16.82%)
----Percent employed: 44%
--No disability: 2,236 (83.18%)
----Percent employed: 64.9%
Population 65 years and over: 768 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (49.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,149 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,472 (48.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,500 (48.55%)
--Same county: 809 (15.71%)
--Different county: 1,691 (32.84%)
----Same state: 1,445 (28.06%)
----Different state: 246 (4.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 177 (3.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,273 (100%)
Native: 5,207 (98.75%)
--Born in United States: 5,143 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,569 (86.65%)
----Different state: 574 (10.89%)
--Born outside United States: 64 (1.21%)
Foreign born: 66 (1.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.38%)
--Not a citizen: 46 (0.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 66 (100%)
Europe: 27 (40.91%)
Asia: 16 (24.24%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 23 (34.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,149 (100%)
English only: 4,981 (96.74%)
Language other than English: 168 (3.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.87%)
--Spanish: 35 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 86 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,273 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,474% (103.81%)
Arab: 12 (0.23%)
Czech: 37 (0.7%)
Danish: 5 (0.09%)
Dutch: 79 (1.5%)
English: 624 (11.83%)
French (except Basque): 109 (2.07%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.49%)
German: 928 (17.6%)
Greek: 27 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 102 (1.93%)
Irish: 680 (12.9%)
Italian: 918 (17.41%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.34%)
Polish: 360 (6.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 118 (2.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 194 (3.68%)
Scottish: 135 (2.56%)
Slovak: 299 (5.67%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.36%)
Swedish: 30 (0.57%)
Swiss: 17 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 36 (0.68%)
United States or American: 196 (3.72%)
Welsh: 83 (1.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 408 (7.74%)

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